Celtic-Plus’ SASER project breaks data transmission record with 38.4 TerBits per second over 762 km

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09-July-2015

The field trial which took place over the fiber infrastructure provided by French company Orange last May, constitutes a new world-record for data transmission, both in terms of aggregated capacity -38.4 TeraBits per second- and transmission reach: 762 km, more than twice the distance of any previous field records.

This field trial was performed within the framework of the EUREKA Cluster Celtic-Plus’ SASER project funded jointly by the German BMBF, French DGE and Finish TEKES. “Without this type of support, innovation would be considerably slowed-down in Europe, and European industrial companies in the telecommunication sector could not compete any more with their global competitors.” Explains Erwan Pincemin, one of the lead R&D engineers involved in the project.

In this record-breaking field trial, advanced technology engineers from the various companies involved in the project used the latest advances in ultra-high-capacity optical communications technologies. Erwan Pincemin declared: “Without the implementation of this new technology, end-users will not be able to use their 4G and soon 5G smartphones, nor could they download HD videos on Internet. It is important to continuously up-grade the capacities of our information highways.”

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